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Reporter's Notebook from Cruising Lawsuit

9:47 PM Mon, Apr 30, 2007 |

City attorneys argue that the cruising lawsuit should have never been filed in federal court, but it was quite an interesting experience inside Judge Jennifer Coffman's courtroom.

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Cruising to Federal Court

10:58 AM Tue, Apr 24, 2007 |

The LMPD crackdown on cruising is now a federal matter. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman says she will rule Monday, April 30th whether requiring vehicle permits to drive on Broadway is a violation of some people's rights.

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Tracking 7% Drop in Crime

11:23 AM Wed, Apr 11, 2007 |

You've seen the LMPD Compstat reports on WHAS11.com. I sat down with LMPD Col. Phil Turner to talk about how the department uses these crime maps and statistics to find trends and attack them.

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Don't Call If Your Cat is in a Tree

4:33 PM Thu, Apr 05, 2007 |

Forget those cartoon firefighters who rescue cats out of trees. As a rule, they don't do it. "When a cat gets hungry, it will come down on its own," we are told by our instructors as the Jefferson County Media Fire Academy continues. Feline independence notwithstanding, firefighters do a lot more than just fight fires.

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Where There's Smoke.....

7:28 PM Wed, Apr 04, 2007 |

Where there is smoke, there is fire. That's understood. But, what you might not realize is, more often than not, it's the smoke and not the fire that kills you.

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Fired Up!

7:09 PM Tue, Apr 03, 2007 |

I have covered some of the worst fires in recent years, particularly the Zane Street Warehouse fire, the Bardstown fire which killed ten people and the North Vernon, Indiana fire which killed four generations of one family. But the majority of fires I have covered had far more succesful outcomes. Firefighting is both a celebrated and underappreciated profession. So, when I was invited behind the scenes with Jefferson County firefighters, I...



In My Shoes

10:23 PM Mon, Apr 02, 2007 |

It was late the night before my trip to Washington, D.C.. After a long day of reporting and a lot of walking, I was glad to get some rest. But something made me get out of bed to shine my shoes.

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